Buzzing insects
From Marmalade Hoverflies to Chocolate Mining-bees, discover 30 stripy insects that buzz, whizz and hover through meadows, parks and gardens. Learn to tell a tree Bumblebee from a Garden Bumblebee!
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Fungi
From King Alfred's Cakes to Chicken of the Woods, discover distinctive fungi that grow on wood, in grass and near trees. Learn to tell a Parasol from a Penny Bun!
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Seaside wildlife
From Shelducks to Sea-holly, discover seashells, shorebirds and special flowers of cliffs, beaches and sand dunes. Learn to tell a Gannet from a Gull!
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Chalk rivers guide
Chalk rivers guide features the special insects, molluscs, mammals, fish and flowering plants that live around chalk streams and rivers.
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Bee guide
Gardeners know the value of pollinators. Featuring 28 species of bees found in gardens, including mining bees, cavity-nesting bees and cuckoo bees as well as the Big Six bumblebees. Created with Buglife.
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Bats guide
WildID Bats is two guides in one: a night-time guide for identifying flying bats, using calls and flight patterns, plus a daytime guide for key for bats at rest.
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Dragonflies guide
Featuring all 20 damselflies and 26 dragonflies of Britain and Ireland, plus 5 common vagrant species. Designed for speedy identification in the field, with paintings shown at life-size.
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Autumn fruits and seeds
Showing 33 different nuts, cones, flying seeds and fleshy fruit produced by trees and shrubs, from acorns to sloes. How many can you find?
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Harvestmen
Harvestmen are spider-like invertebrates common in late summer and autumn, although species are present all year. The 2nd edition of the FSC's fold-out guide to harvestmen covers all 34 species from Britain and Ireland.
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Hill and heathland flowers
The Hill and heathland flowers guide covers 47 wild flowers you can see on walks in Britain and Ireland. There are flowers to spot from early spring to late autumn - in whites, blues, yellows and purples.
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Woodland trees, flowers & fungi
A woodland walk is a wonderful way to get outdoors and explore nature. Featuring 61 different trees, flowers, ferns and fungi, this guide will help you find plants all year round.
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Hedgerows guide
A great introductory guide to the countryside, with beautiful colour paintings of the common woody plants, wild flowers, berries and seed heads, birds, mammals and invertebrates that live in the hedgerow.
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Moths guide
Although most moths fly at night, a good number are active during the day. This guide shows 103 species which fly in the daytime, including tiger moths, burnet moths and clearwings.
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Ants AIDGAP
A handy photo based fold-out guide to distinctive ants in Britain and Ireland, including identification of live animals in the field where this is possible.
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Distinctive terrestrial beetles AIDGAP
A handy photo based fold-out guide to distinctive terrestrial beetles in Britain and Ireland, enabling identification of live animals in the field.
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Freshwater leeches AIDGAP
A handy photo based guide to freshwater leeches in Britain and Ireland, enabling identification of live animals in the field.